Productions A-Z
A listing of all the productions at this year's National Arts Festival, organised alphabetically by production title. Click on the letter below to jump to the relevant page. To search for a production by something other than title, go here.Event
Main / Dance
Choreographer: Thabo Rapoo
Performers: Faith Maseko, Sonia Radebe, Thandi Tshabalala, Thembi Setiabi, Muzi Shili, Fana Tshabalala and Sunnyboy Mandla Motau
Musicians: Isaac Molelekoa (Keyboard), Neo Thekiso (Violin), Bethuel Rametsi (Violin), Bongane Kunene (Cello) and Thabo Rapoo (Percussion)
Costume: Veronica Sham ...
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Main / Music
Zanta Hofmeyr (violin) & Charl du Plessis (piano)
THE INGREDIENTS!
Kreutzer Sonata for piano and violin - Ludwig van Beethoven [Adagio sostenuto; Andante con variazione; Finale: Presto]
Tango To Go - Astor Piazzolla [Adiós Noniño; Oblivion; Libertango]
Jazz Favourites: Misty ...
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Main / Music
2011 Standard Bank Young Artist Award winner for Music
2011 is an important year for classical music: we are celebrating the bicentenary of the Hungarian composer Franz Liszt's birthday in 1811, and remembering Australian pianist and composer, Percy Grainger, who ...
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Main / Music
2011 Standard Bank Young Artist Award winner for Music
2011 is an important year for classical music: we are celebrating the bicentenary of the Hungarian composer Franz Liszt's birthday in 1811, and remembering Australian pianist and composer, Percy Grainger, who ...
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Main / Theatre
Benchmarks, presented by a conspiracy of clowns, in association with FTH:K Devised by: the cast from a story by Rob Murray Directed by: Rob Murray Cast: Liezl de Kock, Daniel Robinson and Thumeka Mzayiya Set ...
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Main / Historical Tour
The Blaauwkrantz bridge train disaster happened 100 years ago – revisit this tragic episode out of Grahamstown’s past with guide, Ben Bezuidenhout. Visit the bridge site and experience the ambience of the area, marvel at the engineering and construction of ...
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Main / Film
Isaac Julien, the celebrated black British director, integrates the facts of Fanon’s brief but remarkably eventful life with his long and tortuous inner journey. Julien elegantly weaves together interviews with family members and friends, documentary footage, readings from Fanon’s work ...
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Main / Film
COURTESY OF NU-METRO
The fifth film from the ever intelligent Darren Aronofsky is a sensuous psychological thriller set in the world of the New York City Ballet: it plays like a shape-shifting amalgam of Rosemary's Baby and The Red Shoes. ...
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Main / Workshop
Participants get to customise their own plush toys at these fun, hands-on workshops, facilitated by Pete and Elaine Woodbridge, designers of the funky Woo-men Plush Toys. Each participant will be given a blank plush toy to customise during the workshop, ...
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Main / Comedy
After touring nationally and internationally over the last 3 years with the highly acclaimed and popular Rumpsteak, Gaëtan Schmid moves from the food that delights us, to the human gestures that unite us. As in The Dog's Bollocks, Gaëtan, in ...
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Main / Jazz
The piano trio is the quintessential vehicle for expression in jazz and pianist Bokani Dyer, Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz 2011, is a master in this format. The simplicity of the ensemble allows him the space to show his ...
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Main / Music
Chris Chameleon - Vocals, Bass
Riaan van Rensburg - Drums
Ampie Omo - Trumpet, trombone, keyboards, percussion
In 1997 in the backstreets of Brixton, Johannesburg, Ampie Omo, Chris Chameleon and Leon Retief conspired to make music that would go against ...
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Main / Jazz
Brian Thusi (trumpet, flugel horn, harmonica, voice) from Umlazi, outside Durban, has a doctorate in Music from the University of Zululand and has been a stalwart in South African jazz for decades. He is known for his poignant performances in ...
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Main / Jazz
Trumpeter Brian Thusi has played with most of the greats in South African jazz, including the African Jazz Pioneers, Sipho Gumede, Winston Mankunku Ngozi, Darius Brubeck and Caiphas Semenya, and he is thus perfectly placed to present a tribute to ...
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Main / Music Theatre
With industry recognition ranging from soapie stars to a ladies jazz band, the female arts collective, Thari Ya Arts Productions launch their debut stage performance Bubbly Bosoms. The cast and directors are a stunning collaborative of South African industry powerhouses: ...
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